Manchin is in a bad way. The Democrat party has turned as strongly against coal as it is for abortion. And they do not tolerate dissension or disagreement. The old Klansman, Robert Byrd was powerful enough to try and protect coal, but now that he is simmering in a vat of lava somewhere, Manchin has neither the pull or the juice to protect coal.

So he can but hope that the onerous Romney wins, and legalizes coal again, though truthfully the onerous Romney is probably on the MMGW bandwagon along with Obama.

Yet it all comes down to the West Virginians. If they are dumb enough to vote themselves a Great Depression, then none should stand between them and their Democrat disaster. Kind of a shame, really, but if people are bound and determined to ruin themselves, it’s just best to stay out of the way.

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posted on 04/20/2012 12:08:40 PM PDT
by yefragetuwrabrumuy
("It is already like a government job," he said, "but with goats." -- Iranian goat smuggler)

I hate to break it to you, but there is a Navy Base in West Virginia. It's at Sugar Grove (in Pendleton County) just to the North of our listening station for alien radio signals in Greenbank, WV (which requires a National Radio Quiet Zone). That zone helps the Navy's mission which the local newspaper said was monitoring satellite transmissions from the various embassies in DC for intelligence. I can neither confirm nor deny that news story.

I did serve almost four years there when it was a Naval Radio Station. It is now a Naval Security Group Activity. By the way, it is the only active (as opposed to reserve) duty base in the state.

I would not be surprised if Manchin changes over to the GOP column in the future. The Dems are destroying the economy in WV. Their war on coal is raising the unemployment rate to high levels.

A state like WV is sufficiently rural and in “fly-over” country that for the Dems, they would not care if they lose their votes. Dems only like Ivy-league folks (or at least it seems that way). Manchin seems to be swimming upstream in the party of Obama.

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